Sattahip Bay ( th, อ่าวสัตหีบ, , ) is a bay in the east side of the Gulf of Siam or Gulf of Thailand. It is in

Sattahip District Sattahip ( th, สัตหีบ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Chonburi province, Thailand. It is at the southern tip of the province southeast of Bangkok. In 2014, the district had a population of 157,000 in an area of 348,122 km2. Geogr ...

Chonburi Province Chonburi (, , ) is a province of Thailand (''changwat'') located in eastern Thailand. Its capital is also named Chonburi. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise from north) Chachoengsao, Chanthaburi, and Rayong, while the Bay of Bangkok is to ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

History

Prince

Abhakara Kiartivongse Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse, Prince of Chumphon (19 December 1880 – 19 May 1923) ( th, พระองค์เจ้าอาภากรเกียรติวงศ์, , full title: th, พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์� ...

(1880–1923), son of

King Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...

, inspected Sattahip Bay in 1922 and saw that it was an ideal place to establish a naval base. Subsequently, he offered royal land in Sattahip in order to build the present-day naval facilities. Sattahip Bay is the part of the

Sattahip Naval Base Sattahip ( th, สัตหีบ, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in Chonburi province, Thailand. It is at the southern tip of the province southeast of Bangkok. In 2014, the district had a population of 157,000 in an area of 348,122 km2. Geogr ...

area, the largest base of the

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. Occasionally Sattahip Bay is invaded by

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Geography

Sattahip Bay lies at the south end of Chonburi Province. It is open towards the southwest and is bound by

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rock formations forming peninsulas to the west over Laem Chalak and to the southeast at Khao Chong Khaep.Ko Phra Noi - Mapcarta
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Islands

There are several islands in the bay area, the largest being

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, towards the western end of the mouth of the bay. Smaller

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is the island further off-shore.Hydrographic Service of the

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